Krill: Proper Facts

Krill have large black eyes and are mostly transparent apart from a bright red tint on the back of their shell. They are considered as the most successful animal species on the planet. Adult Antarctic krill are approximately six centimetres in length and weigh over a gram. There is estimated to be about roughly 500 tonnes of Krill in the Southern Ocean. As they get older they start to travel in large schools/groups. It is sad that they can fit over 1 Thousand Krill in one square metre. Most of the time, they stay deep in the ocean during the day, and come to the surface at night. Female Antarctic Krill lay up to 10,000 eggs, sometimes more than once in a season!  







Reference: http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/wildlife/animals/krill

Date accessed: 18^th May 2012

My Idea of Krill

Krill is small marine crustacean which looks something like a shrimp sort of thing. Krill are small invertebrates, and are found all over the world’s ocean. Without Krill the marine world would be a disaster. Small fish feed of Krill to keep themselves alive and then the big fish eat those fish etc. etc. In my opinion Krill is pretty much the life base of many of the animals in the sea.





Krill tends to travel in large groups together making gigantic wave shapes like birds flying through the sky. They look like a brown sort of mass and are quite amazing to watch.

Krill eat small plankton such as phytoplankton which is good as they are at the plenty.

Reference: http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/wildlife/animals/krill

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This is my website for the Talent program. We are looking at Marine Biology and I am studying Krill. I am hoping to learn more about them myself, but also be showing my progress as I learn.